tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4476352891270078042..comments2015-03-31T16:17:15.345-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: WEDNESDAY, Sep. 17, 2008 - Edward Safran (Like paper vis-à-vis electronic / Hokkaido seaport / Holocaust hero Wallenberg)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76998944432164412132008-10-29T17:09:00.000-04:002008-10-29T17:09:00.000-04:004wl -Have to concur with many comments above that ...4wl -<BR/><BR/>Have to concur with many comments above that the theme was brilliant.<BR/><BR/>However, because of words like reunes, vaguer and vid as well as the extremely cluing for deadtree, overall the puzzle fell to earth for me. With a thud.<BR/><BR/>Continuing the Canadian Raoul Wallenberg thread, there's also a major park in Toronto named after this Swedish "righteous gentile". And both the U.S. and Canada have proclaimed him an honorary citizen.Waxy in Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4086702921616111112008-09-24T14:11:00.000-04:002008-09-24T14:11:00.000-04:00Posting a week after the fact will likely lead to ...Posting a week after the fact will likely lead to little awareness of this comment, but....<BR/><BR/>I was glad a few comments were made about the IKE clue given the hurricane, but treat it as more than a just a coincidence. Rather, it's an ill-timed oversight. <BR/><BR/>I am currently evacuated out of Houston, without power at home for 12 days, living in a hotel in Austin with 3 kids and my wife. No damage to our house, but many people in my neighborhood had large trees lodged in their roofs and garages after Ike came through. Fences were down, huge trees were uprooted or snapped in half. A small tornado passed over the house next door to mine, as seen by a straight line trail of demolished trees and house damage. <BR/><BR/>I was shocked to find the pantheonic IKE clue / answer in the puzzle only a few days after this storm passed. I'm quite surprised that Will et. al. didn't catch it before publication. Frankly it was quite uncomfortable to run across it when I could finally get back to the puzzles late last week. <BR/><BR/>I know that current events are included in the puzzle regularly (recent Michael Phelps puzzle), and appreciate such topicality. And it may be too difficult to catch a single clue in a puzzle planned for publication weeks in advance. However, there are only a few intersections of natural disasters and crossword puzzle clues, (what other disaster are given names?). So it was unnerving that such a statistically rare happenstance found it's way to our venerable puzzle last week. <BR/><BR/>FYI - 24% of Houston customers are still without power - 600K customers with outages translates to about 1.5 million people. I'll be returning Friday with borrowed generator in tow.Phineashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14300113373059468207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53120509045571268562008-09-18T11:20:00.000-04:002008-09-18T11:20:00.000-04:00I just remembered David Gerrold The Man Who Folded...I just remembered David Gerrold <I>The Man Who Folded Himself</I>, a science fiction classic that mixes time travel into the ultimate solipsistic novel of all time. You either love it or hate it. It has been nicknamed <I>The Man Who Fondled Himself</I>.william e embanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49341242249157476302008-09-18T09:56:00.000-04:002008-09-18T09:56:00.000-04:00Is "snag" a well known term for a DEADTREE that is...Is "snag" a well known term for a DEADTREE that is still standing? I thought only Michael Van Valkenberg and Julie Bargmann used that terms in Planted Form class.becky from hatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311252356801679532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52237712491571954162008-09-18T02:08:00.000-04:002008-09-18T02:08:00.000-04:00@green mantis IsolE seemed terrible, but luckily I...@green mantis<BR/> <BR/>IsolE seemed terrible, but luckily I know Italian, (remember, i date men half my age who don't speak English) so that gave me pause but didn't trip me up...it's a military/German thing that got me, and I say that without paranoia/vitriol.acmeacmenaming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55773172660617954692008-09-17T23:11:00.000-04:002008-09-17T23:11:00.000-04:00There's a wonderful little-known book by Christoph...There's a wonderful little-known book by Christopher Morley called The Man Who Made Friends With Himself.miriam bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506593846362044050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60561764005439069712008-09-17T22:51:00.000-04:002008-09-17T22:51:00.000-04:00@acme: wasn't this the isole debacle puzzle you we...@acme: wasn't this the isole debacle puzzle you were going to rant about? Where's the vitriol? I require vitriol.green mantishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01823785147354157816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37884628301929696932008-09-17T22:28:00.001-04:002008-09-17T22:28:00.001-04:00Apple Venus volume 2, also XTC, has "I'm the man w...Apple Venus volume 2, also XTC, has "I'm the man who murdered love". I've had that son on my head all day, thanks to his puzzle.mexicangirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41997446604873198682008-09-17T22:28:00.000-04:002008-09-17T22:28:00.000-04:00@john in ncI haven't listened to that album in age...@john in nc<BR/>I haven't listened to that album in ages, but now know how I will start my day tomorrow. Thank you.Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07926746419713451941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78155227442248077442008-09-17T22:20:00.000-04:002008-09-17T22:20:00.000-04:00loved the theme! total theme envy!@jannie bI too ...loved the theme! total theme envy!<BR/><BR/>@jannie b<BR/>I too associated Burt with THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING.<BR/> if you had that + THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING on a Monday/Tues 3-themer, you would be trapped into another -ING ending to make it parallel.<BR/><BR/>(@pgitk<BR/><BR/>two "woulds" don't make a right, but ya gotta love this theme and that there were 6!<BR/><BR/>In the tournament, huge advantage to those who knew the titles...<BR/>I had seen the Coen brothers film, but thought it was called THE MAN WHO WAS NOT THERE...<BR/>there wasn't enough room so I had the man who WAS NOT HERE and thought how weird to have misremembered the movie title!!! Took me a while to change the O to a T!<BR/><BR/>@alansg17<BR/>Raoul Wallenberg as important as Schindler if not more so... <BR/>glad it triggered some folks to look him up.<BR/><BR/>@ Rex<BR/>I know you prob skip over my long posts, as well you should, but check out the odd coincidence of the I LIKE IKE thing.<BR/>There was a very funny "Bad Reporter" cartoon in today's SF Chronicle:<BR/><BR/>(This guy, the unfortunately -named Don Asmussen, does a non-syndicated cartoon column that is funnier than the Onion... <BR/>Rex, you would LOVE him)<BR/><BR/>Picture of a weatherman with map in background...headline says:<BR/><BR/>NATION'S HURRICANES CALL MEDIA'S "HANNA" COVERAGE SEXIST<BR/>STUDY SHOWS MAJORITY OF NEWS REPORTS WERE NEGATIVE, HURTFUL<BR/>Lonely male weatherman, threatened by Hanna's power, calls her "dangerous".andrea carla michaelsacmenaming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61457298002516562652008-09-17T21:47:00.000-04:002008-09-17T21:47:00.000-04:00whoops --- I meant to say "The Man Who Sailed Arou...whoops --- I meant to say "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" and I meant to say that it's by XTC if you're unfamiliar (off the brilliant Skylarking album).john in NCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87600758959562390852008-09-17T21:46:00.000-04:002008-09-17T21:46:00.000-04:00@wade: it's funny how we both remembered the teeth...@wade: it's funny how we both remembered the teeth.machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48414480419514625592008-09-17T21:45:00.000-04:002008-09-17T21:45:00.000-04:00I've had "The Man Who Sailed Around the World" in ...I've had "The Man Who Sailed Around the World" in my head all day and never made the connection as to why until just now... I'm slow.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for everyone who schooled me on the DEAD-TREE term. I won't forget it now...john in NCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46492786462656366882008-09-17T20:53:00.001-04:002008-09-17T20:53:00.001-04:00Yep, DEAD TREE is a fresher, more colloquial phras...Yep, DEAD TREE is a fresher, more colloquial phrase, frequently used in the way others who posted way before me have already described. I also first heard it used some years ago in the phrase "dead-tree edition" vis-a-vis online publication (hyphenated, although I suppose that's gone out of style much in the way "e-mail" has).<BR/>I like the revised clue. Nice job on suggesting the change.<BR/><BR/>Time to go back to my working-overtime existence. Happy puzzling!Howard Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766792795622192271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41526691339730746372008-09-17T20:53:00.000-04:002008-09-17T20:53:00.000-04:00Easy puzzle, I thought. I didn't enjoy it as much ...Easy puzzle, I thought. I didn't enjoy it as much as many of you for whatever reason.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38262145583356689382008-09-17T18:21:00.000-04:002008-09-17T18:21:00.000-04:00@everyone who mentioned "The Man Who Sold the Worl...@everyone who mentioned "The Man Who Sold the World" - thank you for not thinking Kurt Cobain wrote it!Gypsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73399837126773663332008-09-17T18:14:00.000-04:002008-09-17T18:14:00.000-04:00@mexicangirl, you just keep complaining about spel...@mexicangirl, you just keep complaining about spelling and word usage that way some of us can slip in more food, bad jokes and snarkey political comments. t' amo.<BR/><BR/>And for you opera buffs the other side of the coin:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyfb1Q9dzhMdkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76854469091158509122008-09-17T17:55:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:55:00.000-04:00re: Billy Bob Thornton, "Sling Blade" was recently...re: Billy Bob Thornton, "Sling Blade" was recently unanimously selected by me as the stupidest movie of all time while I was driving to work trying to think of a stupider movie than "Lord of the Rings."Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03374112725461339067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87765453574501849972008-09-17T17:36:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:36:00.000-04:00@jannieb_I guess I wasn't the only one who went "r...@jannieb_<BR/><BR/>I guess I wasn't the only one who went "rebus-hunting" because I misinterpreted the Burt Reynolds clueBill from NJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-733240594056717722008-09-17T17:32:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:32:00.000-04:00and where it says "were" should read "where". Sorr...and where it says "were" should read "where". Sorry about that. Here I am complaining of spelling and, what do you know...? How dare I.mexicangirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16357083079843729632008-09-17T17:31:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:31:00.000-04:00"snag" much better clue for deadtree."snag" much better clue for deadtree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16671786356763039202008-09-17T17:23:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:23:00.000-04:00LIMBO was the place you would be sent to when I wa...LIMBO was the place you would be sent to when I was in middle school, as a time-out of some sort. It literally was just a short white brick wall were everybody sat on during recess, but were the whole school could see you if you happened to be thrown out of class.<BR/>Good memories.....<BR/><BR/>By the way, Cortés is the correct Spanish spelling (here I go again...), apparently the "z" somehow became popular in America and now belongs in many Spanish names, like González. But as far as Hernán goes, he was very much a Cortés.mexicangirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47686663240209101742008-09-17T17:10:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:10:00.000-04:00Good puzzle, nice fresh theme. When I saw the Bur...Good puzzle, nice fresh theme. When I saw the Burt Reynolds clue, I though of The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, and wondered if we were in for a rebus. I'd never heard of The Man Who Loved Women, but it seems to fit good ol' Burt! <BR/><BR/>I join those of you who suffered in the Dakotas - took forever. <BR/><BR/>As Wednesdays go, this was a very good puzzle day!janniebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282015159638078416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78397513158757197022008-09-17T16:24:00.000-04:002008-09-17T16:24:00.000-04:00I wanted to post something clever using the phrase...I wanted to post something clever using the phrase "kideo video", but I couldn't think of anything. My that was an ugly section. <BR/><BR/>I did know DEAD TREE, didn't know ANDIRON.<BR/><BR/>My ultimate frisbee team used to name all our defenses after Billy Bob Thornton movies: Armageddon, Sling Blade, Bad Santa, Pushing Tin--though strangely, given our name, never Ice Harvest. I've seen those movies, but none of the ones in this puzzle. Well, except for Stroker Ace.<BR/><BR/>NDE, a solver can only infer ISOLE from ISOLA if one remembers that it's not ISOLO. Which one (me) does, having written up that one (puzzle) where one (the constructor) crossed it with BRAVA, which was clued generically vis-a-vis BRAVO. Now, if only one's sierras would decoct OGPU.SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12498553242713145242008-09-17T15:57:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:57:00.000-04:00YEAH POWER! No more doing the puzzle by candleligh...YEAH POWER! No more doing the puzzle by candlelight (which is rough and hazardous) "The Man Who Wasn't There" is a great Coen Brothers movie (as are all Coen Brothers movies) and the only movie in which I can tolerate Billy Bob Thornton's acting. Can't wait to get back to work... it's Ryder Cup weekend and half the city is powerless still.<BR/><BR/>Thank you NYT Crossword puzzles for getting me through in my time of need.markusnoreply@blogger.com